Microsoft (MSFT) News – Page 144 of 234

Dec 30, 2013, 2:18 PM

Free games for Xbox Live Gold members: Sleeping Dogs, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Microsoft announced today that as part of its Games with Gold program, Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be receiving two… Read More

Dec 30, 2013, 12:39 PM

Longtime Microsoft engineering leader Jon DeVaan is leaving

Jon DeVaan, the respected Microsoft executive who oversaw some of the company’s most important engineering initiatives, is leaving after nearly… Read More

Dec 30, 2013, 9:00 AM

Tech Moves: Shauna Causey named VP at UP Global; etc.

—UP Global, the Seattle non-profit that formed earlier this year through the combination of Startup America and Startup Weekend, has… Read More

Dec 30, 2013, 7:48 AM

Microsoft Windows crash reporting system used by NSA for ‘passive’ spying, report says

Agents with the U.S. National Security Agency are able to intercept crash reports from specific Microsoft Windows-based machines to better… Read More

Dec 27, 2013, 10:23 AM

The year in quotes: From Ballmer to Bezos to Bitcoin

Wow, what a year! From Amazon drones to Steve Ballmer’s retirement to spectacularly performing IPOs, the tech industry took some… Read More

Dec 26, 2013, 1:39 PM

Microsoft’s version of ‘Nate Silver’ dishes out data-backed predictions for 2014

You may have heard of Nate Silver, a well-known statistician and editor of the FiveThirtyEight blog who correctly picked the winner from all… Read More

Dec 26, 2013, 9:29 AM

Chromebooks top holiday laptop charts at Amazon, beating PCs and Macs

Looks like Microsoft is going to be ordering more “Scroogled” ads. Amazon revealed this morning that two Chromebooks – the… Read More

Dec 24, 2013, 11:28 AM

What geeks want for the holidays: Wearable tech, Xbox One, drones, and jetpacks

OK, it’s Christmas Eve. Have you found gifts for the geeks on your list? This might help. We brought out… Read More

Dec 24, 2013, 9:40 AM

Dueling Santas: Google and Microsoft square off over St. Nick

It’s Christmas Eve, and that means it’s time to watch the event everyone has been waiting for: the Duel of… Read More

Dec 23, 2013, 8:43 PM

Paul Allen sells 292-acre private island for $8 million

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has sold a 292-acre private island near Anacortes, selling the property for $8 million. That may… Read More

Dec 23, 2013, 10:50 AM

PlayStation 4 outselling Xbox One 2-to-1 on eBay

If eBay resell stats count for anything, Sony has the upper hand over Microsoft in the latest console war. According… Read More

Dec 23, 2013, 9:36 AM

Microsoft plans massive new data center in Quincy, Wash., paying $11M for 200 acres

Microsoft has reached a deal to buy another 200 acres of land in Quincy, Wash. which it plans to use… Read More

Dec 23, 2013, 9:01 AM

Aviary freezes its Windows and Windows Phone photo SDK, citing ‘lack of general platform traction’

Aviary, a photo-editing technology company backed by investors including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, says it is discontinuing work on its photo-editing… Read More

Dec 21, 2013, 7:46 AM

GeekWire Radio: Amazon at $400, favorite gadgets of 2013, and the new world of airplane tech etiquette

We have a lot to talk about this week on the GeekWire radio show, starting with Amazon’s gravity-defying share price,… Read More

Dec 20, 2013, 3:33 PM

Microsoft appoints Jim DuBois as new CIO

Microsoft this afternoon announced Jim DuBois as the company’s chief information officer. DuBois had served as the interim CIO for… Read More

Dec 19, 2013, 2:12 PM

Ex-Microsoft manager charged with insider trading on Barnes & Noble deal and Microsoft earnings reports

Two Seattle-area men, including a former senior manager in Microsoft’s treasury group, were charged this afternoon with 35 counts of… Read More

Dec 19, 2013, 11:04 AM

Microsoft opens 35 retail stores in past year, now up to 83 in North America

Microsoft gave an end-of-year report on its retail stores this morning, saying that it opened a total of 35 stores… Read More

Dec 19, 2013, 8:14 AM

Xbox original documentary will uncover mystery of legendary Atari video-game burial

It’s fitting that the first documentary slated for Microsoft’s Xbox is about video games. But it sounds like a great… Read More

Dec 18, 2013, 5:13 PM

Microsoft pulls Surface Pro 2 update, after users complain of problems

For Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2, it seems like updates to the device take one step forward, then two steps back.… Read More

Dec 18, 2013, 4:42 PM

Can someone please explain this creep-tastic ad for Nokia’s Windows 8 tablet?

Nokia really wants its new Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet to succeed. There’s a good reason for that: after all, they don’t… Read More

Dec 17, 2013, 10:25 AM

Microsoft CEO won’t be named until 2014, board member says

Microsoft won’t be getting a new CEO under the tree for the holidays. John Thompson, the Microsoft board member leading… Read More

Dec 17, 2013, 9:35 AM

Former Microsoft exec Kurt DelBene tapped to lead HealthCare.gov overhaul

Kurt DelBene, the former Microsoft Office president, was appointed this morning to lead HealthCare.gov — a critical position as the… Read More

Dec 16, 2013, 10:47 AM

Intellectual Ventures reveals list of 33,000 patents, in move toward (partial) transparency

Intellectual Ventures, under increasing pressure to be more transparent about its patent holdings, this morning released a searchable list of… Read More

Dec 16, 2013, 8:28 AM

Google hires key Microsoft architect Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Google has made a big hire from Microsoft, bringing aboard Blaise Agüera y Arcas, the well-known software architect and designer who was… Read More

Dec 15, 2013, 10:59 AM

Microsoft to launch first original series for Xbox One, Xbox 360 early next year

Microsoft will launch its first original series for the Xbox in the first half of 2014, a top executive with… Read More

Dec 15, 2013, 10:33 AM

Raising the CDC 6500 from the dead: Paul Allen’s engineers attempt toughest computer restoration yet

The newest arrival at Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Living Computer Museum in Seattle is a big one — both literally… Read More

Dec 13, 2013, 12:05 PM

Microsoft’s BUILD conference will be back in San Francisco on April 2

Microsoft announced today that its BUILD developer conference will be returning to San Francisco’s Moscone Center from April 2-4 next… Read More

Dec 13, 2013, 6:55 AM

Qualcomm names Mollenkopf its next CEO, taking him out of running for top Microsoft job

Microsoft’s CEO search took another unusual turn this morning as chipmaker Qualcomm named Steve Mollenkopf its next CEO, just hours after… Read More

Dec 12, 2013, 6:38 PM

Report: Qualcomm COO in the running for Steve Ballmer’s old job

Follow-up: Qualcomm names Mollenkopf its next CEO, taking him out of running for top Microsoft job Just when we thought we… Read More